Blocking of X (formerly Twitter): Remember the 7 platforms suspended in Brazil

Due to disagreements between Alexandre de Moraes and Elon Musk, X was blocked throughout Brazil this Friday (30). With the event, Old Twitter joins list of platforms temporarily shut down for non-compliance with court order.

The suspension came after the Federal Supreme Court (STF) minister issued an order on Wednesday (28) that the platform had failed to appoint a legal representative in the country.

Interestingly, the subpoena was sent by the STF itself via X, in response to a post from the US-based company. The organization also flagged Musk’s profile. There has been no response to the request from the Brazilian justice system so far..

Then we remember Social networks, apps and other online platforms blocked seven times in Brazil.

Youtube

One of the most striking cases occurred in January 2007. including presenter and former model Daniela Cicarelli and YouTubeAt the time, Google’s video service was down for the day.

YouTube’s suspension comes after it failed to comply with a removal order for Cicarelli’s private video, which was shot by a paparazzi in Spain. The recording, which showed her and her then-boyfriend having an intimate moment on the beach, was removed but reposted by other users with different captions..

While these new videos continued to be released, a court ruled that YouTube in Brazil be suspended for 24 hours. After that period, access to the site was restored.

Telegram

Like YouTube, Telegram has been the target of court orders that could result in suspension if the messenger does not comply. This happened twiceThe first of these was that in March 2022, the platform did not remove profiles used to spread misinformation.

Telegram was blocked for two days and suspended again in Brazil in April 2023, this time for failing to provide data from neo-Nazi groups that were being investigated by the Federal Police and were using the app to communicate. In the second case, the service was unavailable for three days.

WhatsApp

Before Telegram, The most popular messaging app among Brazilians has been blocked in some casesThis causes users to resort to different solutions. The first of these was in February 2015 with the decision of the Piauí Court, and the second in December of the same year with the decision of the São Paulo Court.

There were two more suspensions in 2016, one for 72 hours in May and one for two hours in July. Four times, that the suspensions occurred due to non-compliance with court orders In fact, in one of these cases, the platform’s representative in Latin America was arrested.

Boyfriend tracking and other apps

We also had several other cases. applications that have been suspended or banned for similar reasons. Check out the main ones:

Boyfriend Tracker

App that offers to spy on romantic partner’s mobile phone granted permission listen to calls, share copies of messages and locationIt didn’t take long for him to get into trouble and he was suspended in August 2013.

Lulu

The following year, it was the Lulu app’s turn to be targeted by justice: the platform only accepted women and was used to rate men. Creation of fake accounts and unauthorized distribution of photosresulting in a series of processes and suspensions.

Hidden

Also in 2014, the Secret app was blocked by the courts. It functioned as a wall of public and anonymous posts. revealing, gossiping and sharing secrets not published on other platformsThose who were disturbed demanded that the service be banned.

Simsim

The AI ​​chatbot was a type of digital friend that talked to users, but now Sending inappropriate messages, including sexual content, bullying, insults, incitement to commit crimes, and death threats. It was suspended by the developer himself in 2018, then returned with changes to the algorithm.